T-Mobile

T-Mobile is a wireless carrier in the U.S. that is currently the fourth-largest in the country by number of subscribers. Known for its token commercial jingle and magenta color scheme, T-Mobile drives itself on the message of being an "Uncarrier" that does things the other carriers just won't do. It's well known as a value-based option to the other three major carriers, with lower prices for data and fewer restrictions on usage than its competitors. Though it is no longer a wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, DT now holds a majority of the now-public T-Mobile U.S. stock.

Following a failed attempt to be acquired by AT&T at the end of 2011, T-Mobile gained a huge sum of money and spectrum holdings as part of the deal to the tune of $4 billion. Using this money and a change in leadership at the carrier, T-Mobile quickly turned itself around to start gaining customers and posting small profits for the first time in years. From 2012 to 2014 it launched and rapidly deployed an LTE network, quickly bringing it up to speed in terms of technology and coverage with the other carriers. Part of that expansion came with the purchase of MetroPCS, a smaller regional carrier, which brought in more customers, new spectrum and subsequently made T-Mobile a publicly-held company through the merger.

In terms of network technology, T-Mobile operates a GSM and LTE network across 700MHz, 1900MHz and the combined 1700/2100MHz (also known as AWS) frequencies. During its vast expansion of LTE throughout 2013, T-Mobile shifted its spectrum holdings in a way that better aligned itself with the network map of AT&T, making it easier for customers of that carrier to bring their phones over to T-Mobile without issue. Though it has made huge strides in terms of coverage in recent years, T-Mobile is often dinged — both by customers and competing carriers — for its lack of extensive rural coverage around the country.

At its current rate of subscriber acquisition, T-Mobile is likely to pass Sprint in number of subscribers within a couple of years, moving it up into a distant third place behind Verizon and AT&T.

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T-Mobile today released the company's full report for Q2 2015, announcing increased revenue of 14 percent year-on-year. As previously covered, the company also managed to add a total of 2.1 million new customers to the network during the quarter.
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As previously announced, T-Mobile has started selling three new budget-priced Android smartphones. They include two phones from Samsung; the Galaxy Grand Prime and Galaxy Core Prime, along with the HTC Desire 626s.
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T-Mobile is introducing a new mobile chat feature called Advanced Messaging with the previously announced launch of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime smartphone. Based on a standard called Rich Communications Services (RCS), Advanced Messaging has a number of chat improvements for smartphones....

T-Mobile has agreed to pay a $17.5 million fine to the US Federal Communications Commission. The fine will settle an investigation of the wireless carrier by the FCC due to two separate nationwide 911 outages on T-Mobile's network that happened on August 8, 2014.
The FCC stated:
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T-Mobile will begin carrying the HTC Desire 626s, Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, and Galaxy Core Prime on July 22. These three new affordable smartphones come before the back to school rush, and offer a great value.
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T-Mobile's latest Un-carrier Amped move beefs up the company's family plan offering. The new Simple Choice Family Plan offers two lines of service for $100, including 10GB of high speed data for each line. Each additional line beyond the first two costs $20 a month, and also comes with 10GB of...

T-Mobile is not finished with the media this morning. The US carrier has just unveiled Mobile Without Borders. This new Un-Carrier Amped move sees the company allowing customers to travel across the border into either Mexico and Canada and use their mobile phone without charge. T-Mobile's...

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